Oberflächenspannung#CommonScoter taking a bath.
#CommonScooter taking a bath.
I wondered why I had met this beautiful common scoter drake on the beach for a few days in a row. Normally they swim in larger groups on the seeside until they migrate back to their breeding grounds. You usually don't get this close to them here: it seems as if he has lost some of his tail feathers. Is that why he is still here and has not flown home?
Portrait of a male #CommonScoter
Speckdäne#DDA #Vögel in #Deutschland Winter 2022/23, #Mönchsgrasmücke, #Zwergschwan, #Trauerente
#Birds in #Germany winter 2022/23 (#german) #Blackcap, #BewicksSwan, #BlackScoter
#Fugle i #Tyskland vinter 2022/23 (#tysk) #Munk, #Pibesvane, #Sortand https://www.dda-web.de/downloads/publications/falke/70/koenig_et_al_2023_rueckblick_winter_2022_23.pdf
#Birds in #Germany winter 2022/23 (#german) #Blackcap, #BewicksSwan, #BlackScoter
#Fugle i #Tyskland vinter 2022/23 (#tysk) #Munk, #Pibesvane, #Sortand https://www.dda-web.de/downloads/publications/falke/70/koenig_et_al_2023_rueckblick_winter_2022_23.pdf